Golden Eagles set to take on Eastern Illinois

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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Tech women's basketball team
will play its second game in three nights on Monday as the Golden
Eagles make the trip to Charleston, Ill., for a match-up against
the Eastern Illinois Panthers. Game time for the OVC battle is
scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

Tech is coming off a hard-fought, 61-56, loss at Southeast
Missouri. After digging themselves a 17-point deficit late in the
first half, the Golden Eagles came back to tie the game late in the
second period before the Redhawks pulled away in the closing
minutes.

TTU (6-6, 1-1 OVC) has the tough task of winning at Eastern
Illinois (6-8, 2-1 OVC) on Monday, something that the Golden Eagles
have not been able to accomplish since the 2005-06 season. EIU,
picked to finish fourth in the league according to the OVC
preseason poll, has won the last seven contests against Tech.

The Panthers are coming off of a convincing, 85-48, victory over
Jacksonville State on Saturday to move to 2-1 in conference play.
EIU freshman Ta'Kenya Nixon scored 21 points in the victory.

The Golden Eagles will turn to sophomores Tacarra Hayes, Krystal
Stirrup and Rachel Glidden to try and end its losing skid against
the Panthers. Hayes is the second leading scorer in the OVC at 14.5
points per game, while Stirrup and Glidden have both been making
major contributions of late. Stirrup is averaging 19.0 points and
8.0 rebounds per game over her last two contests, while Glidden is
averaging 10.0 points and 3.5 3-pointers per game during that
stretch.

Fans can hear all the action for free on Teamline either online
or on the phone. The broadcast can be accessed through Tennessee
Tech's athletic Web site, TTUsports.com, or fans can call
1-800-846-4700 and enter the team code 0654 to catch all the
action. Eastern Illinois' Web site, eiupanthers.com, will have live
stats for the game, while Web streaming can be accessed through
ovcsports.tv.